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Tending to a lawn and garden can be a great way to spend time in the great outdoors. It's also an enjoyable way to improve a home's curb appeal.

Community festivals and events were one of the main discussion topics at the April 4 meeting of the Nebraska City City Council. Council members approved Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce’s plans for the upcoming Arbor Day Festival April 29 to May 1, and it also approved a request from Arbor Day Farm for special commemorative banners celebrating the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day and the 50th anniversary of the Arbor Day Foundation to be placed on city street poles near Arbor Lodge, as well as a plan for a 10-minute fireworks show by Arbor Day Farm on Friday, April 29.

Restaurants serve foods in many different ways. Food trucks, pop-up restaurants and ghost restaurants are growing in popularity, and each offering has its own unique way of catering to customers.

First Christian Church at 114 N. 8th St., will be hosting its open door dinner from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on April 12. The menu for the open door dinner is sloppy joes, potato chips, cole slaw and Jello cake. The meal is free and open to all.

Here is this week's senior menu. Please keep in mind that menus are subject to change.

The Christian season of Lent and the Easter holiday are laden with time-honored traditions that are both secular and religious. Many such traditions are universal, but people still find ways to celebrate their Christian faith in their own unique ways.

Home burglaries immediately conjure images of criminals clad in head-to-toe black and lurking outside the homes of unsuspecting homeowners, patiently waiting for the lights to go out so they can enter and steal valuables. Such images have been in the public consciousness for so long that it's easy to overlook the threat posed by home burglaries. But these statistics indicate just how potent and dangerous a threat burglaries remain.

Bethel Church of Nebraska City is once again providing our community the opportunity to watch a fantastic series! “The Chosen” Season 2 will be shown at no charge on their church lawn to the public beginning Friday, April 22, at 8:30 p.m. Episodes will be shown every second and fourth Friday of the month.